List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 3

[Keys]

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List Changes - 2025

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In:

• Brandon Starcevich arrives at West Coast in a three team deal
• Tylar Young (Richmond) arrived at West Coast in exchange for Pick 38.
• Deven Robertson (Brisbane) has agreed to join West Coast and will be signed on to the rookie list after being delisted by Brisbane

Out:

• Oscar Allen joins Brisbane as a FA - West Coast receive Pick 2 as compensation
• Liam Ryan and a 2027 R3 pick has been traded to St Kilda for a 2026 R2 pick
• Campbell Chesser has been traded to Carlton for Pick 41
• Jayden Hunt announces retirement
• Jack Petruccelle, Callum Jamieson and Loch Rawlinson not offered new contracts
• Coen Livingstone joins the list of players not offered a new contract

Players Out of Contract - 2025 (0)

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• Jamie Cripps and Malakai Champion seem to have been offered new contracts despite there being no official announcement. Means that all players out of contract for 2025 have been given new contracts despite or removed from the playing list

2025 Draft Order

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Current Draft Picks:
Round 1: 1, 2, 13
Round 2: 34, 41
Round 3: 53, 58 (These picks are in excess of available list spots so will be forfeited if we don’t consolidate our 2025 picks up the order or trade some for future picks)

List Spots Available (39 of 48):
• Main list (33 of 38) - 5* (in: Starcevich, Young out: Allen, Ryan, Chesser, Hunt, Petruccelle, Jamieson)
• Cat A rookie list (5 of 8) - 3* (in: Robertson (pending), out: Rawlinson)
• Cat B rookie list (1 of 2) - 2 (out: Livingstone)

* Based on Dewar being upgraded after the maximum 3 years on the rookie list. Hutchinson may also have been upgraded but this isn’t confirmed - if it is we will have 4 main and 4 rookie list spots open

* Matthew Clarke has stated we have 5 main list spots

Matt Clarke wraps up the trade period - 6PR

 

[eaglevision]

This is an interesting play by the Blues… they either think they can get ahead of a Dean bid or are going to offer 9 for a good F1 from a Dees/Roos/Bombers type.

We may not be able to get up higher than 13 without including 2 as part of a bigger deal.

 

[DanWCE]

Beau Allen ..

Points for effort I guess

 

[Obeanie1]

So Swans traded Florrent to Blues for a F3rd rounder.

Less than what we got for Chesser.

We got a late 2nd for Chesser.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

This is an interesting play by the Blues… they either think they can get ahead of a Dean bid or are going to offer 9 for a good F1 from a Dees/Roos/Bombers type.

We may not be able to get up higher than 13 without including 2 as part of a bigger deal.

Well that's a bad trade for Carlton unless there are other picks involved.

 

[DJMac]

I’m struggling to see how we fit Dev, Starc, Young, 3 1st round draft picks and Banfield into the team. I think we should offer to give the AFL assistance back, we just don’t need it.

We already gave it to Brisbane to make sure they didn’t dilute their FA compo by raiding other clubs good players.

 

[WCE777]

In a world where that happens - only if he has any interest in coming to WCE.

Sounds like we were in the race, so perhaps, but no point picking up a player that is committed to another club and would rather not he playing for you.

The sticking point I believe was ADE offered 5 years for Ah Chee and out bid WC.
The only way he gets to us is if they are too far apart and he would come to WC ahead of staying at BRI who offered him 3 years from memory.

 

[dinnaz]

Is Robey not a risky pick? What is his rise based on? His last month of football was excellent but it's come out of nowhere and was against other kids from a supposedly weak draft class.

CDT was ranked highly at the start of the year, looked reasonably solid throughout the year, had a decent VFL outing and did well at the combine.

Out of these two, it's CDT all day for me.

CDT kicked his 3 goals- basically from the goal square. Got a few cheap frees and 1 out the back.

Definitely not the solid game everyone has been frothing about. For a tall he has the mobility but not the chutzpah.

 

[WCE777]

I’ve posted previously but if the Dom vs Justin impasse continues the second trade period ends we need to call Ah Chee and sell the dream. Contract won’t be an issue.

If we can’t sell the dream we buy the dream.

Just saw your post, what are you giving trade wise?

 

[eaglevision]

Just saw your post, what are you giving trade wise?

trade wise? Nothing!
PSD

 

[txbyhull]

Just saw your post, what are you giving trade wise?

We wouldn’t be trading for him, he’d be pick 1 in the PSD

 

[Keys]

That Carlton trade is awful

Pick 10 and 22 for 9 and 42

Seems like somethings missing

 

[eaglevision]

Hearing Essendon are about to offer pick 5,9,22 for pick 1, which them accepting Merrett offer is conditional on.

I’d counter with 5,6,F1 for 1,13. See how much they want Duursma.

 

[thebutterflyeffect]

Andrew McGrath is a name I've been thinking about in this context. If you picked him #1 overall like Essendon did you're probably disappointed that you didn't end up with a star-calibre player, but at the end of the day you've still got a very solid 200+ game player. You're right, if you have top of the first round picks and you end up with a guy who is a complete non-contributor that really is a massive setback to the rebuild.

So taking a risk and missing is a huge setback to the rebuild and the McGrath type pick is the right strategy because Essendon's list build strategy is working so well?

 

[eaglevision]

That Carlton trade is awful

Pick 10 and 22 for 9 and 42

Seems like somethings missing

It seems totally counter intuitive to an obvious draft strategy for Carlton
Unless that pick is on-traded. It is Tom Morris reporting.

 

[Goroyals22]

Hearing Essendon are about to offer pick 5,9,22 for pick 1, which them accepting Merrett offer is conditional on.

I’d counter with 5,6,F1 for 1,13. See how much they want Duursma.

No way do we give up pick 1… would be stupidity…

Meanwhile Essendon have moved there room about to avoid the cameras

 

[Godfather32]

Pieman and Rosa in prime camera positions on the afl app

 

[pantskyle]

Hearing Essendon are about to offer pick 5,9,22 for pick 1, which them accepting Merrett offer is conditional on.

I’d counter with 5,6,F1 for 1,13. See how much they want Duursma.

That might get pick 2 with a pick from us added but sure as shit ain't getting pick 1.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Tom Petroro with the drive by at the bombers.

 

[FatPizza]

That Carlton trade is awful

Pick 10 and 22 for 9 and 42

Seems like somethings missing

Clarke strikes again...

 

[CountryLad]

Tom Petroro with the drive by at the bombers.

Merrett camp has finally come out of the closet.

 

[Patron]

Hearing Essendon are about to offer pick 5,9,22 for pick 1, which them accepting Merrett offer is conditional on.

I’d counter with 5,6,F1 for 1,13. See how much they want Duursma.

I'm a no Personally. That's the deal we should do for pick 2, we need Duursma.

 

[darksquare]

Hearing Essendon are about to offer pick 5,9,22 for pick 1, which them accepting Merrett offer is conditional on.

I’d counter with 5,6,F1 for 1,13. See how much they want Duursma.

That makes no sense for us. Given our squeeze on main list spots, we want fewer, higher picks, not more, lower picks.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Hearing Essendon are about to offer pick 5,9,22 for pick 1, which them accepting Merrett offer is conditional on.

I’d counter with 5,6,F1 for 1,13. See how much they want Duursma.

We can't do anything with 13 and 22 then. Can't get 7 BC dees. So we are left with 2 5 9 13 22

No thanks.

 

[Godfather32]

That might get pick 2 with a pick from us added but sure as shit ain't getting pick 1.

It better not, if we have the first two picks and don't come out of this draft with what's widely considered to be the number one talent then we might as well pack it in

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Hearing Essendon are about to offer pick 5,9,22 for pick 1, which them accepting Merrett offer is conditional on.

I’d counter with 5,6,F1 for 1,13. See how much they want Duursma.

In a year where there's no player who's head and shoulders above the rest of the field (like Harley was) I'd actually take that deal, if you were actually getting the 5th, 9th and 22nd best players. In reality those picks will be something like 8, 13 and 30, so no thanks.